dance artist. performer. collaborator.

I have found working with, and for, other people can be frustrating, challenging, wonderful, exceptional, disastrous and sometimes, (in the case of my working with Peter Carpenter) completely, utterly, mind-opening. I guess this list could go on and on, but you get the idea.

I have had the extreme pleasure of working/collaborating with: actor Carolyn Hoerdemann; dance artists Suzanne Dado, Kristina Fluty, Lisa Gonzales, Mindy Meyers, Suzy Grant, Nikki DiGioia-Stachon, and Molly Grimm-Leasure and performing/dancing for choreographers Colleen Halloran, Sheldon B. Smith/Disappearing Acts, Kay Wendt LaSota, Jan Erkert and most recently with the brilliant Peter Carpenter in his 2009 dance theater work "My Fellow Americans".

I am intense. genuine. focused. disciplined. communicative. I am sometimes afraid of new things, but always commit to taking the risk. I can be aggressive, competitive, and flippant... but you always know where you stand with me. I am very transparent and easy to read. No loaded gun here. I have been told that I have integrity, but struggle with the concept - too much pressure to live up to and it makes me feel that if I fuck up, then it's all lost. I have also been told that I need to work on my delivery of thoughts and this has been an ongoing 2 year process. Getting better... I think.